NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Sitting on the pelt of a polar bear hunted by her family, Aviaja Rakel Sanimuinaq says she’s proud to be part of a movement of Greenlanders…

A star of London’s Crown Jewels, the Indian gem has a bloody history of colonial conquest Lorraine Boissoneault August 30, 2017 The diamond came from India’s alluvial mines thousands of…

“I came with my pain to the justice system with the expectation that someone will help, but I ended up coming back with more pain.”SYNERGY FOR JUSTICE and STEWARDWOMEN have…

Rabbi Arié Engelberg was on his way back from synagogue when he was reportedly kicked, punched, and bitten on the shoulder. The rabbi of Orléans, France, was violently attacked in front…

WEDZA, Zimbabwe (AP) — Anna Bhobho, a 31-year-old housewife from rural Zimbabwe, was once a silent observer in her home, excluded from financial and family decision-making in the deeply patriarchal society.…

Last year was the hottest year on record, the top 10 hottest years were all in the past decade and planet-heating carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are at an 800,000-year…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. children’s agency on Saturday urged Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to immediately lift a lingering ban on girls’ education to save the future of millions who have been deprived…

by thedumbeddown March 19, 2025 News Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has reclaimed its position as the world’s deadliest infectious disease, surpassing even COVID-19 in annual fatalities. In 2023,…

​ 1 June 2001 In Japan, the Aum Shinrikyo cult released the chemical agent sarin in a terrorist attack on the Tokyo subway. About five thousand people became sick and…

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to a museum in southern Greece, the latest…